Planter.



No. 731,243. PATENTED JUNE 16, 1903. S. B. SWILLING.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION TILED APR. 20, 1903.

UNITED STATES Patented June 16, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 731,243, dated June 16, 1903.

Application filed April 20, 1903.

To all whmn it may concern.- 7

Be it known thatI, SAM B. SWILLING,a citizen of the United States, residing at Oarnes-. ville, in the county of Franklin. and State of Georgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to planters, but more particularly to cotton-seed planters, and has for its object to provide adevice of this class which is simple inconstruction, easy and the driving-wheel.

cheap to manufacture, and composed of a minimum number of parts.

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple means of regulating the distance between hills. v

A further object of my invention is to provide a simple distributing-wheel.

A further object of my invention is to provide a combined driving-wheel, seed packer and coverer. 7

With all these objects in view my invention consists in the novel arrangement of parts of my machine, but particularly in the distributor and driver.

My invention also consists in certain other novel features of construction and in combination of parts, which will be first fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is an edge view of Fig. 4 is a detail section of the distributor, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the planter.

Like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several figures, in which 1 is the planter, consisting of the body 2,

Serial No. 153,439. (No model.)

handles 7. Referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that said wheel may be made in three sections, the central section 8 having a rounded tread and the side sections 9 having a sharp periphery caused by the bevel 10 on the inner edges of said sections. This construction could, if found desirable, be made in one piece. A-square axle llpasses through said driving-wheel and is journaled in the body2 in any approved manner. On one end of said axle I provide a large sprocket-wheel12, slidingly secured thereon, and on the other end a crank 13 is formed, to which is secured a link 1%, passing forward to a crank 15, secured to or formed on the rocking rod 16, which is passed into and through the hopper. Secured on said rod is a toothed rocking seed-agitator 17, arranged so thatthe teeth 18 thereof extend almost to the slot 5 in the bottom of the hopper. Located directly below said slot is the distributer 19, which is preferably secured on a square shaft 20, suitably journaled in the body 2. Said distributor is provided with an opening 21, passing directly through the centerof said distributor, and said shaft 20 is also provided with an opening 22 therein, registering with the opening 21. As said opening 21 approaches the periphery of the distributor it flares at 23, so that the'opening has a diameter equal to the length of the slot opening tooth 28, which may be adjustably m'y'invontion, its operationis as follows:

When the seed is placed in the hopper and the planter is under way, the drill-tooth makes a furrow, and the driving-wheel operates the seed-agitator in the hopper and revolves the distributer by means of the chain.

When the flare of the opening 21 passes under the slot in the hopper, the seed passes out and directly through the distributor into the furrow. The driving-wheel following presses the seed into the ground, the side sections thereof by reason of their bevels pulling the earth over the seed, making a small ridge. When it is desired to change the distance between the hills, the main sprocket-wheel 12 is, moved out along its shaft until in line with the other sprocket to which it is to be geared,

- the chain having been removed and links taken therefrom in order to shorten the same.

Having thus set forth my invention, I do not wish to be understood as'limiting myself to the exact construction herein set forth, as various slight changes may be made therein which would fall within the limit and scope of my invention, and I consider myself clearly entitled to all such changes and modifications.

ing being flared near the periphery of said distributer.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAM B. SWILLING.

Witnesses:

W. O. HALL, W. R. LITTLE. 

